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From Stephen Marchione:
”After many rounds of experimentation, it became clear to me that the best way to allow the sound and vibrations to travel throughout the guitar was to minimize the amount of joinery between multiple pieces of wood. I found that the majority of vibrations that get lost as they travel the length of the guitar, do so where two pieces of lumber connect to one another.
Immediately it struck me! How better to achieve sustain than by eliminating the neck joint that so often plagues even the most well designed guitars. By building a guitar such that the machine heads, nut, fingerboard, pickups and bridge were all attached to the same single piece of wood, I was able to bring my dream of beautiful long-ringing sustain to fruition.
The Neck-Through guitar has a thick neck tone and incredibly long ringing sustain. From deep clean jazz tones to modern crunchy bliss, this guitar delivers an incredible tonal spectrum that is sure to delight even the most fervent of nonbelievers. This guitar is able to distinguish and translate all the subtleties that most guitars cannot register. The stability inherent in Neck-through construction ensures that this guitar stays in tune and continues to deliver under even the most demanding of conditions.”
Specs:
Nut: 1 11/16” Water Buffalo Bone
Neck profile: Marchione Ergonomic C / .86" - .94"
Scale: 25.5”
Neck: Flame Maple (Michigan Silver Maple)
Neck joint: Neck-Through
Top: Quilt Figured Big Leaf Maple
Back: Honduran Mahogany (well aged timbre)
Fingerboard: Madagascar Mahogany (fingerboard inlays & side dots)
Bridge: Wilkinson VS-VG Trem (nickel silver)
Turners: Sperzel USA Locking (Cleveland Ohio Built)
Frets: Stainless Steel, 6105
Pickups: Tone Specific Virtuoso HSS Set
Strings: SonoTone 10-46
Finish: Thin Nitrocellulose Lacquer on top of Shallac
Weight: 7lbs 14oz
All joinery is done with Hot Hide Glue
Comes with Ameritage Silver Case, handmade fully adjustable Marchione leather strap, tools, strap-locks & tremolo arm
